Veil.



B. M; STRACHAN VEIL;

APPLICATION man sum 5.1917.

Patent/ed Am". 23, 191k.

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' B. M. STRACHAN.

VEIL.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT-5. 19H.

Patented Apr. 23, 1918.

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VEIL.

Elpecifleatton of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 23, rain.

Applicationhled September 5, 1917. Serial No. 189,888.

To all whom it mayconoern:

Be it known that I, BLANCHE M RoARin-i STRAcHAN, (wife of Kenneth D. Strachan.) a subject of theKing of Great Britain, and resident of the city of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improve ments in Veils; and l do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and ex act description thereof.

My invention relates to the large and more or less light-weight veils used by ladies to protect their heads and headgear while automobiling or traveling on the water, or otherwise exposed.

Heretofore considerable inconvenience in wearing these large veils hasbeen experienced owing to the fact that after having been carefully and fashionably put on the wearer could not uncover her face without disturbing the veil to such an extent that it has been diflicult to prevent it from either fall ing completely from the head and shoulders or sagging over the face more than might be desired for effect.

My invention has for its object to provide a veil suitable for the use of lady-automobilists and tourists which can be readily fastened in place and without being 'LlllfflS-r tened, be adapted to either cover the face by hanging loosely over it and over the shoulders and down the back or be drawn beneath the chin and fastened around the neck. To this end the invention consists of a full-fashioned veil of the automobile and tourist type preferably of slightly greater length than width and having a ribbon or other flexible length arranged parallel to one side ed e and at a position distant from that side e ge less than half the width of the veil, this ribbon or the like being fastened at its middle to the veil and having its ends free, the ribbon itself being of suiiicient length to be tied around the head or headgear of the wearer. This side edge of the veil has a pair of ribbons attached thereto and being of sufiicient length to be wound in opposite directions around theneck of the wearer and tied either at the baok or in front.

For full comprehension, however, of my invention, reference must be had to the accompanying drawings in which similar reference characters indicate the same parts, and wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a head of ings and its ends 5 a lady wearing a hat and having my l-T11- proved veil initially fitted in place;

Fig. 2 is a similar view with the back portion of the veil thrown over the head, the entire veil hanging free;

Fig. 3 is also a similar view with the veil tied to completely inclose and protect he head of the wearer; and

Fig. 4E illustrates the veil removed and in plan view.

My improved veilv may be made from any approved veiling material, but I prefer to use Very light chiffon or Georgette crape and furnish it with a binding 2 of ribbon. The veil is preferably of oblong rectangular form.

In a line approximately twofifths distance from and parallel. to one side edge 20 I form a pair of button-holed opel iings E3 spaced a suiiicient distance apart to encircle the front portion only of the hat of the wearer. A ribbon 4L of suiiicient length to be tied around the crown of the wearers hat is stitched to the veil between the openare passed through the openings and hang from the opposite side of the veil. This arrangement" permits the veil to be tied securely to the hat, as shown in F ig. 1, without any strain upon the veiling material, and so attached that the veil may be thrown to the front or back of the wearer without disturbing the position inwhich it is initially fitted.

In order to tie the veil about the head of the wearer a pair of ribbons 6 are fastened to the side edge 20 and spaced a distance apart to loosely encircle the front portion only of the neclrof the wearer over the veil, the ribbons 6 being tied in a bow either at the front or back of the neck and also over the veil, as shown in Fig. 3.

In putting on my improved veil the wearer takes the ends 5 of ribbon 4t and draws the ribbon, and with it the veil, taut across the front of the crown of her hat and ties the ends at the back as before mentioned (Fig. l). The veil is in this way fitted in correct position with the edge 20 and the front portion 21 of the veil hanging over the face as shown in dotted lines Fig. 1. The back portion 22, which is longer than the front portion owing to the particular position of ribbon 4 on the veil, will then also hang down the front. This long back portion is then thrown back over the head as shown in .lFi. 2. The veil may be worn in this way if desired, or the front portion 20 may be thrown back and the face uncovered without any danger of the veil being displaced from the position in which itis initially fitted. vWith the veil in the position shown in; dotted lines in Fig. 2 it may be readily fastened to completely inclose and protect the head of the wearer by tying the ribbons 6 at the back of the neck as shown in Fig. 3.

Itwill be seen from the foregoing that my improved veil may be put on before leaving on a trip and may be tied toprotect the head as shown in Fig. 3 or may be opened and thrown back and allowed to hang free as shown in Fig. 2 while still fastened to the hat or permitted to hang entirely in front as shown in Fig. 1, as circumstances may require, and again tied to protect the head as in Fig. 3, without being disturbed from its proper position with regard to the face of the wearer; and although .I have shown a binding and described a preferred weight of material, the binding may be dispensed with and other materials used without departing from the spirit of my invention. Furthermore, other means of tying the edge of the veil around the neck of the wearer may be used within the scope of my invention.

What I claim is as follows:

1. The combination with a veil for automobilists and tourists use and being in dimensions of greater length than width and having apair of spaced openings in a line parallel to one side edge of the veil and located approximately one-third the distance from that side edge to the opposite side edge, of a ribbon of greater length than the 1 distance between the holes and having its middle portion fastened to the body of the veil between the holes and its ends passed through said holes for the purpose of fastening the body of the Veil to the head of the wearer.

2. The combination with a veil for automobilists and tourists use and being in dimensions of greater length than width and having a pair of spaced openings in a line parallel to one side edge of the veil and located approximately one-third the distance from that side edge to the opposite side edge, of a ribbon of greater length than the distance between the holes and having its middle portion fastened to the body of the veil between the holes and its ends passed through said holes for the purpose of fastening the body of the veil to the head of the wearer; a pair of ribbons each of greater length than the size of the neck of the average wearer and attached to the said side edge at points comparatively close to the transverse center line of the veil.

In testimony whereof I have signed my nameto this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

BLANGHE MARGARI'IA STRACIIAN.

WVitnesses:

K. G.-STRACI-IA'N, J. P. W. CASGRAIN.

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